Amy’s POV
I had no idea what just happened and what had gotten into Brian, but I couldn’t deny that what he did to me and my body was sending me into heaven. My knees felt weak and my body still wanted more, wanted the feeling of him being buried in me.

I wanted the closeness that we felt when we were making love on the Bahamas, I wanted all that, but I knew I couldn’t have it…
Or maybe could I?!

Brian kissed me, giving me a taste of my own excitement, his tongue slipping into my mouth and playing with mine, making me weaker and weaker, I would have hit the floor if it wasn’t for his strong arms holding me up.

Brian’s forehead leaned against mine, his warm breathe caressing my cheek, damn I had missed this intimacy with him, missed him… If I wanted to or not…

A deep chuckle interrupted our moment of peace and my moment of afterglow and I looked at Brian wide eyed, before scrambling to pull up my clothes and straighten them.

“You guys done?” Matt’s deep voice sounded from the other side of the door and I felt my cheeks flush a bright pink.
“Not at all, fuck off Sanders!” Brian’s voice sounded amused, did he really think this was funny?!

“I thought you were quicker, getting old?” Matt’s voice again, then “Ouchh.. what?!” And I heard Sara’s harsh voice but couldn’t make out what she said.

I leaned my head against the wall breathing deeply in and out and when I opened my eyes again Brian was still in front of me, looking at me curiously “We are not done” He said and pecked my lips before turning and opening the door to let a chuckling Matt and a guilty looking Sara in.

“You guys ready to leave? I hate to interrupt what you did there, but… our plane is leaving soon. I send a message to Zack to book an additional seat…” Matt trailed off and I frowned, oh for Sara, right, but why did he point that out?!

“Problem is, now we are not sitting together though” He added and Brian shrugged, “As long as we all catch the same flight.” Matt nodded approvingly while Brian grabbed my suitcase and I took my bag.
“You ready? Got everything?!” Brian turned to me again and I looked around my apartment, ready? Hell no… Got everything? Guess so…

“Okay, no second guessing, come on, babe. We gonna manage, don’t worry” Brian pushed me forward and closed the door behind us. I locked my door and we all went downstairs where I already saw a few people waiting outside, not as many as before, but still enough to make me feel uncomfortable.

“Matt, you go first, lead the way to the car, let the girls slip in first. You drive” Brian told Matt who nodded in agreement. “Come on, sunglasses on, hoodie up… Here we go” He announced and dragged Sara forward while Brian took a firm hold on my arm and pulling me alongside him.

It went better than I thought, and we were already at the airport before I could muster what really happened. Brian and Matt signed for me and Sara to stay close and that they would manage everything and they did.

Only a 30 minutes later we went into the plane and Brian pulled me in one direction, but then I felt another hand belonging to Sara pulling me into the other direction.
“Sorry, but Amy and I will be sitting together” Sara waved two tickets at Brian and too stunned to react Brian let go of my arm, letting Sara and me go sit together, while Brian turned an annoyed look at Matt, who would be his sitting partner for the flight.

“She tricked me… I would be rather sitting next to Sara, believe me. Or even better join the mile high club” Matt looked over to Sara and me grinning and I lifted my eyebrow, well… what did that mean, I turned to Sara and she shrugged “Don’t look at me like that, I heard what you and Brian were doing there, so don’t judge if you are not any better than me.”

I shook my head closing my eyes, she was probably right, but I was still curious…
We took our seats and when I was sure Matt and Brian were engaged in a conversation I turned to Sara.
“Spill it” I hissed and Sara rolled her eyes at me “It… well… it happened… I told you we are screwed and I was right” She chuckled lightly and I had to shake my head with an amused smile.

“I thought you wanted to be strong” I asked her with a half smile, knowing how hard it would be for her to stay away from Matt and that the way she was feeling about him was more than she tried to let on, and him now being so close would let her resolve crumble quickly.

“I know, don’t you think I know. I tried to be… but then he was standing before me, whispering things in my ear… he fucking stood in my bedroom, having my underwear in his hands… what could I do” Sara sighed loudly and I grinned “I know what you mean… James came over and Brian played the possessive husband.” I said quietly and chanced a look at Brian and Matt.

Brian’s eyes were meeting mine and he gave me a small smirk and I had to quickly look away, what was he thinking… how should we behave, after… after what we just did, my cheeks flushed and I heard Sara’s chuckle.

“And? How was it?” Sara asked and I shrugged “What? Brian acting or what James wanted?” I tried to avoid answering, because it had felt oddly good that Brian had acted the way he did. I noticed his jealousy, even though I knew he was just playing his part, but still… feeling so wanted by him again had did weird things to my heart…

“Duh… You know what I mean… Both. Did James make a move?” She asked and I looked at her shocked “What move? No.. NO! God, Sara… He was shocked and surprised hearing of my marriage and I told him about me leaving…”
“I can imagine his shock, he has been hitting on you for years…” Sara muttered and I shoved her shoulder “Shut up, that’s just not true”

“Yeah right, believe it or not Mrs. Obvious” She shook her head “How did Brian react?” Sara turned around and groaned when Matt stood suddenly beside us “Hey girls, you okay? One of you up for changing the seat… Maybe the married couple wants to sit together now?” He wiggled his eyebrows and I felt Sara grab my hand hard.

“No thanks, Matt. We are having a conversation. The married couple will be together soon enough.” Sara dismissed him, who just chuckled “You won’t always get away from me.” Matt winked and Sara waved him away.

“So?” Sara asked again “How did he react?” I breathed deeply in “He acted like the loving husband, didn’t want to leave James and me alone… and told James he would take care of me and all the money related problems, just that that he would take care of everything…” I trailed off, thinking it sounded way too good to be true, when I knew that this whole talk was just meant to calm James down and me as well.
Because I knew after these few days in California I would be leaving as a divorced woman and would be single and alone again… returning to my old life… all over again.

“So he… meant any of that you think?” Sara asked and I could only shrug “Honestly… I have no idea, but I guess it was just meant to calm everyone down. Nothing more than that, still… you know I’m a sucker for these things, my heart swelled with his words and made an extra jump.” I told her honestly and Sara took my hand in hers giving it a light squeeze.

“Amy, don’t fall for all this… We both know as soon as we are gone again, we will be forgotten… and we will have to forget them again, too. That’s why we should stay together… We shouldn’t be parted too much, right?” Sara asked and she looked at me hopeful, she was right… Everything was probably already hard enough with the press situation as it was, but if I would be going all in with Brian again, it would only break my heart… even more than it already was.
Matt’s POV
I couldn’t believe Sara had tricked me in giving her the tickets, so she could slip away from me and sit the whole flight next to Amy.
But then again, I really liked that feisty side of her and had to chuckle.

She wanted to play some games, fine with me… She thought she could get away from me, oh fuck no… Maybe she won this game, but she wouldn’t win the war.
I smiled to myself already picturing how Sara would be walking around my home, looking around with wide eyes.

I tried to see it through her eyes, I knew how women normally reacted when they were the first time in my home, but with Sara it was still different.
Would she react like the others? Or would she again act completely differently?!

“I can’t believe it” Brian murmured next to me and I turned to my side to look at him.
“Can’t believe what?” I asked frowning and his eyes met mine.
“That my WIFE, will be soon in my house, in my home… You know how absurd that is, right?” Brian asked and I nodded “Well, yeah… If you don’t want your wife in your home, I could suggest both girls sleeping at mine, but… I don’t know how the press will react if Syn Gates wife is sleeping at M. Shadows house, what do you think?!”

“I didn’t mean that I don’t want Amy in my house, I just… What if she doesn’t like it? I mean, not feeling at home and wants to leave…” Brian trailed off and then his cheeks flushed lightly, and that was an occasion we only rarely saw.

“Is Brian Haner jr. insecure?” I asked with a smirk and Brian rolled his eyes “Can I have a normal conversation with you for once, or is that not possible?” Brian snapped and I sighed.
“Brian, she will like it. Don’t worry, just try to make her feel at home, try to be there for her… Then she won’t feel left out… Just remember that she has a lot to deal with, make her feel good. I am sure that I can make Sara feel good… and I believe you have some cards up your sleeve as well” I wiggled my eyebrows and Brian closed his eyes shutting me out, he was probably still thinking if Amy would like his place, but honestly… wasn’t I just thinking about the same with Sara?!

“When is the appointment at Larry’s?” Brian’s eyes snapped open at my question. “Fuck, no idea”. He pulled his phone out and checked his last messages, “At nine, he send me a message and added that I’m in deep shit if I am not there with her.” Brian chuckled “Thank god we could convince her.”
“Zack could” I corrected and Brian showed me his middle finger in return.

“Did he write anything if we should be there as well, or just you and Amy?” I asked and Brian scrolled through his messages.
“Yeah, he sent it to all of you, but he wants to talk to me and Amy first, afterwards some kind of band meeting so we can set some main rules or some shit.”

I nodded, damn so no long night in bed with Sara… well, we still had the night to share, then we had to make good use of that.

About an hour later, we had the luggage of the girls tucked in a cab and made our way over to Brian’s home. I planned to just hand Amy off to Brian and then continue to my house, which was only a few houses down the street.

I really couldn’t wait to be alone with Sara and show her everything, I wasn’t joking when I told her that I had a pool that she could use and that the beach was directly behind my house, did she knew I was speaking the truth?!

“Okay, thanks.” Brian, Amy and Sara climbed out and I frowned “Sara, I’m living a few houses down the street” I motioned for her to climb back into the cab, but instead she acted like she didn’t hear me and grabbed her suitcase out of the trunk.

I rolled my eyes, fine 5 minutes at Brian’s house wouldn’t hurt, I could borrow his car and bring us home afterwards, maybe she wanted to make sure that Amy was safe here and had a nice luxury place to stay.

We walked up to the front door and I saw Brian fumbling with his keys, he really looked nervous and wasn’t that kind of cute?!

“Wow” I heard both Sara and Amy say while they looked Brian’s house up and down.
I saw the small smirk on Brian’s face when he turned to me and finally opened the door. He held it open for the girls to enter and both girls made wide eyes when they looked around the hallway.

“So… I think you made sure Amy has a place to stay, now Matt will take you to his home.” Brian announced and then moved in closer to Amy “While I give you the main tour around my house, showing you everything.” He pulled her into his side but Amy was still staring around not really paying any attention to him.

“Wait, no… That is not how this is going” Sara spoke up and all eyes turned to her.
“What is not going like this?” I asked frowning and Sara walked over to Amy, grabbing her hand and pulling her to her side.
“We are going to stay together. Amy wanted me to come with her and that’s why I am going to stay with her.” Sara announced and both Brian and my jaw dropped looking at her in disbelief.

“What?” Brian asked and Amy looked at Sara from the side “You promised” I heard Sara hiss but wasn’t too sure if I heard her correctly.
“Yes, I think it would be best if Sara and I stay together. I need my friend.” Amy said meeting Brian’s eyes and I shook my head, no no no, this was not how I wanted it. I wanted Sara for me, I couldn’t have Sara when she was staying at Brian’s house…

“No” Brian shook his head “I don’t think that that is the best solution. I think Sara should stay at Matt’s and if something is going on, she can still call you or come over…” Brian suggested but both girls and especially Sara was shaking her head vehemently.

Amy turned to Sara with a questioning look and both girls looked at each other for a moment.
“Either we stay here both, or we are both going to a hotel” Sara said and Amy nodded, again making me and Brian speechless.

I saw how Brian turned to me for help, but… what could I say, it seemed like these girls had made up their minds.
“Fine, why not… an evening as four, it’s not like you don’t have enough rooms or something for all of us to stay.” I shrugged walking ahead into the living room waiting for the rest of them to follow me, but neither of them did, so I turned back around.

“Don’t you think it’s looking weird if you will be staying here at Brian’s house” Sara asked me when our eyes met and I slowly wanted to strangle her, why did she want to keep such a distance to me, because I knew exactly that this was what she was trying to do, avoiding me at all costs.

“Don’t you think it’s looking weird with you staying at Brian’s house?” I asked right back and Sara shook her head.
“No, I’m her friend and everybody knows that best friends stay together.” She grinned at me as if she knew she was winning and I narrowed my eyes.

Brian and Amy had moved into the next room and I closed the distance between Sara and me, she really wanted to play this game?!
“Why are you doing this, Sara? Don’t think I don’t get it… and don’t think this will change anything… this won’t help you.” I growled at her, standing directly in front of her now.

Her breasts were brushing my chest and I leaned down, licking my lip when the smell of her perfume wavered into my nose.
“I’m not doing anything… I just want to be there for my friend” Sara said, her voice gone husky and I smirked.

“You are a bad liar… You could be there for her from my home… but you rather want to stay here, far away from me… You know the longer you want to deny us, the more hungry I get for you” I growled leaning down to her ear and nibbling on her ear shell until I felt Sara suck in a shaky breathe.

How could she deny us this? Why was she pulling away, I knew that this was going to happen, but damn… I had no idea that it would be this hard… after we had a taste of each other in her home, I thought she would take a little longer to put her walls back up but apparently she was faster than I thought and now she wanted to shut me out again…

Guess what, I wouldn’t let her… now she was in my home town, in my district… She was here, and she was with me… I would find a way to tear down her walls again… I would make her mine again, and I knew I would be able to do that sooner rather than later…

But instead of reacting towards my close proximity like I hoped and it first seemed like, Sara suddenly stepped away from me, inhaling deeply and then disappeared after Brian and Amy… I let my head hang low sighing loudly, this really would be harder than I imagined.

Notes

The girls came back to Cali, but I guess things turned out a little different than the guys would have wanted huh?
Let's see if Matt can convice Sara to come with him anyway... or how Brian will kick her out to be alone with Amy... What do you guys think? :-)

Mei and I wish you all the best New Year's and we will be back with a new chapter on Monday! <3